Federal High Court Judge overrules Supreme Court on Anambra Election

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Federal High Court Judge overrules Supreme Court on Anambra Election

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A Nigerian High Court judge, Gabriel Kolawole, has granted a bizarre court injunction restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and two plaintiffs in a case already decided by the Supreme Court of Nigeria. On January 29, 2016, the Supreme Court had upheld a ruling of a High Court declaring the Ejike Oguebego-led executive of the Anambra State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as the recognized leadership empowered to conduct primaries in Anambra State. The apex court’s ruling effectively meant that all senators, members of the House and state legislators from Anambra whose names were not submitted by the Oguebego-led executive are not legitimately elected. The Supreme Court’s verdict meant that Senators Andy Uba and Stella Oduah, and such representatives as Anayo Nnebe, Eucharia Azodo, Chris Azubogu, Obinna Chidoka, Linda Ikpeazu, Tony Nwoye and Chukwuka Onyema, had been swept away from their seats in favour of candidates who won primaries conducted by the PDP’s Anambra State executive led by Mr Oguebego. Meanwhile, while awaiting the decision of the Supreme Court on their request, the legislators who lost out filed a case at Justice Kolawole’s Court seeking an interim order stopping INEC from carrying out its statutory duty of withdrawing their certificates of return and issuing same to the list of candidates presented by the Oguebego executive.

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